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45 degrees going for a high of 62 today, but yesterday was unreal with 62 degrees for a LOW that went to 72, clear and sunny. I've had a couple of tough days, especially day before yesterday (Sunday). I was having almost continuous severe muscle spasms I guess under my left shoulder blade and...

I'm sure they were not. The book does go on to tell how he had a job plowing with an anatomy book propped between the handles, spent every spare moment studying. And I reckon things were changing pretty rapidly in those days. It goes on to say, "Dr. Higgins' formal medical training had to be...

Don, the ONLY thing I remember personally about Dr. Higgins was going to see him in that big old house and squirrels in the cage in the backyard. I don't even remember how old I was the last time I saw him. But I have a big old hardback book "Carter County History"; Ardmore, OK, in other...

All this talk about squirrels reminds me of our family physician when I was a little tyke. In fact, he came to my grandparents' home 5 miles out in the country on a dirt road to deliver me when I was born His name was Higgins and he came to this country from England. His "office" in Ardmore...

I've never used the jar and paddle type, but sure spent plenty of time with the other kind, since making butter was a regular chore at our house. And when I started to school, we carried our lunch and there was no refrigerator for us to use at school. My lunch was usually sausage OR egg (not...

Eric, I'm another one who never heard of squirrels stripping bark off a tree.

Sure a bunch of us on this forum getting old and worn out; me perhaps as much as any, if not more so. And I have a next door neighbor named Jack who has barely been getting around in the house with a walker. The last few years, I've been taking him to do his grocery shopping at Walmart. I go...

That's sure a lot fancier than the one I grew up using.

Nope, no better behaved at all. We have plenty of them around our neighborhood and they've never been a problem for me. But I can recall the damage done by one getting into my parents' attic, another getting into my brother's motorhome, etc. My son-in-law calls them "tree rats". Although the...

Amazing how close that comes to describing me. Not much on TV that I care to watch at night, so I get bored and go to bed; can't remember the last time I stayed up past 8 p.m. And I'm going to make at least one bathroom call during the night, usually 2. And I've been trying to force myself to...

The only way I ever saw squirrels skinned, or did it myself, was to cut a small hole in the skin in the middle of the back enough to get your fingers in there, then pull the skin off in each direction. And I, too, have never eaten squirrel cooked any way other than fried. And yes, it's been...

Some of the recent comments about coyotes has made me wonder how widespread the news has been about the recent coyote attacks in Frisco, TX. There's been stories on Fox TV news and in The Dallas Morning News. Some people out jogging or out for a walk were attacked at different times by a...

I hadn't thought about adding cheese or hot sauce, but a couple of days ago I had to buy a bottle of Cholula Original because I'd run out. I'll have to try some of it in my ramen noodles. And you buy the ramen noodles by the dozen? I just looked and I've still got a dozen from the last time I...

I guess they are supposed to be for kids:laughing:, but I keep several of the Creamy Chicken Flavor ones on hand because I like them, even though my wife does not. And you sure cannot beat the price.

Wow! I had no idea there were that many flavors anywhere.

Perfect description of my favorite way. I don't recall ever hearing that word "yakisoba" before but after looking it up and seeing a recipe, sounds delicious to me.

We have 2 of those 8' fixtures, 2 tubes or bulbs in each, in our garage. So far, they work OK, but I would never install 8' ones; much rather have 2 four foot ones.

Don, radar makes it look as if rain is close. NWS says 31 degrees going for a high of 35 with a 90% chance of rain; mainly after 9 a.m.. I just went outside to see what it's like out there and it appears that we've gotten a tiny bit of rain, but no precipitation at this time (6:30 a.m.) I...

I am quite fond of brussels sprouts, but my wife doesn't like them, so I don't often get any brussels sprouts.:mad:

Happy Birthday, Roy! Be careful cleaning up those walks and driveways.

Perhaps a bit of an odd start to the new year, but NWS says it's currently 37 degrees just before 5 a.m. and that will be the high for today, with 30 tonight for the low and a good chance of rain the next 2 days. We're getting a bit tired of rain. But we don't have anything planned for today...

My wife appreciates all the birthday wishes. She says she had a good time today. It's just 40-45 miles (depending on the route you take) to the old neighborhood where we lived before I retired. So we picked up the, now 90 year old, neighbor who used to be my wife's best friend for years and...

Basic was the only one I ever learned or used.:laughing: 40 degrees this morning, going for a high of 61. And since it appears that today there will be no more precipitation, I closed the books on my 2018 list.:) So for 2018, I had on day (1/11/18) with just a trace of snow, one day...

And I had a bunch of those bumper stickers, and now I can't find them. I don't remember getting rid of them, so maybe they'll turn up around here one of these days.

Yep, old age keeps getting worse. I've been using my TBN coffee cup every morning for I don't know how long. And this morning after I finished my customary 4 cups of coffee, I washed the cup, started to put it away, and dropped it and broke it.:pullinghair:

NWS says it's 34 degrees this morning, going for a high of 38, then back down to 33 tonight. This old age is tough. Yesterday morning, while the temperature was in the upper 30s, I used the EGO blower to blow all the tiny acorns off the driveways and walk, then I raked up and bagged about a...

Ouch, Thomas, that doesn't sound good at all. Hope it gets better soon. 30 degrees here this morning, forecast to go to a sunny 47. Of course at 10 a.m. it's only 36 degrees. I've been out blowing the little acorns off the driveway, walk, and aound the shrubs out front and now need to get...

I sure agree with that. Our house has the wooden one, and it's . . . OK? . . . but a few years ago, I helped my son-in-law install one of those metal versions in a house and it sure is better.

52 degrees this morning, going for a forecast high of 62. It was cloudy most of the day yesterday, very pleasant, but finally started to rain just a little around 4 p.m., got more serious around 6 p.m. and I just now went out and dumped about 2.05" out of the gauge. So that brings us to 54.75"...

60 degrees this morning at 4:30 a.m.:eek: Going for a high of 65. Yesterday we had a 100% chance of rain in today's forecast, but they've started back pedaling. Now it's 50 to 90%. Of course we need rain like Custer needed more Indians.

And we are just the opposite, 56 degrees going for a high of 63 today with a possibility of some rain, chances gradually increasing to 100% tomorrow. But a Merry Christas to everyone, just the same.

44 degrees going for a sunny 62 today. Looks like nice weather the rest of the year, but with a chance of rain Christmas Day and the day before and the day after.

I've never had a Garmin, or any other such thing, but I sure do like the NAV system on our 2017 Ford Escape Titanium. I just very seldom go anywhere that I need, or want, to use it, but there's been a couple of times that I'd sure have been lost without it.

Yesterday, a bit before noon, my wife and I were out in the car about 20 miles north of Dallas, when we saw good sized flock (big V) flying southbound.

51 degrees going for 61 today with a slight chance of showers. This year is certainly different for us. We had our Christmas here at our house with all the kids and grandkids Sunday afternoon. And instead of all the cooking that's usually done, we had carry out Domino's Pizza.:laughing: My...

We have more fog than I've seen in a long time; but quarter mile visibility is not nearly as foggy as Giddings this morning.

Well, I don't shop at Costco, but I do buy those "ready to eat" chickens from Sam's Club now and then. They are pretty good and at a good price for me; may not be a very good price for the farmers. Everything I've seen and read about chicken and turkey farmers makes me wonder why anyone would...

And that's the reason I just quit going to my doctors.

Yeah, I used to know how to use that little degree symbol, but I've forgotten how to find it.:laughing: So it's supposedly 38 degrees this morning, going for a high of 60.

Eric, I know I used to see some Timex commercials on TV, but don't remember any specifics. Of course, as a police officer, I had to have a watch and put the date and time on lots of paperwork, so we all definitely wore a watch, and of course the city did not pay for that. I wore a wedding...

OK, you guys talking about watches finally got me to look in the file cabinet, and I see that I paid $30 plus sales tax at Walmart for my Timex W92 wrist watch on 7/13/2010, so it's only 8 years old, and has had the battery changed ONE time several years ago. It's laying on the dresser in the...

Yep, as far as I'm concerned, that's a meal that can't be beat. I prefer cornbread with mine, but crackers, or even nothing at all with it is OK, too.

42 degrees going for 47 today with an 80% chance of rain, according to the NWS. They show that Denton got .06" before midnight and .18" since midnight. I just went our and dumped about .25" out of my gauge, so I reckon my numbers and the NWS numbers are about the same. And there's a heavy...

Weird weather we're having. 57 degrees for a low early this morning, going for a high of 61 with a 40-80% chance of rain today, 90% tonight, and 70% tapering off to 30% tomorrow. And at 7:10 a.m. just as I stepped out the front door, we had a tremendous flash of lightning followed by a very...

Those two, plus wanting to sell me an extended warranty on my car. Most of those wanting to sell me an extended warranty are talking about vehicles that I haven't owned for several years. So usually I just hang up, as I did this morning.

Speaking of cruise control problems reminds me of the first car my parents had with cruise control; a Buick that was 3 or 4 years old when Dad bought it. He'd never driven a car with cruise control, but knew that I had. So when I visited, he asked me to check his cruise control and show him...

I don't think I've ever seen a cake like that before. I figure I'm doing good to just remember my wife's.:laughing:

You always take such numbers with a grain of salt. It's far too easy to manipulate those numbers. A new chief may want the numbers up so it can look like he's taking on a tough job. Then later, he'll want the numbers down to show what a great job he's done. Nothing new about that. I used to...

Two weeks from today? So her birthday is Christmas Day. And 6 days later will be my wife's birthday.:laughing: Before we retired, we used to have a New Years Eve/Birthday party with all the neighbors and other friends and famiy on New Years Eve at our house. Lots of winter birthdays.

Happy Birthday, Betty, and may you have many more!

I just saw a set of those in a doctor's office recently and would have thought they'd go a long time.

36 degrees this morning, going for a high of 44. We had rain for just about 24 hours; ended about 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon. And even though it was almost continuous, it was a very light sprinkle most of the time; never any heavy rain. So 24 hours of rain put about 1.25" in my gauge.

Yep, I have 3 pill boxes; one for morning, one for evening, and one that has dissolvable pills for morning and evening. And at least once or twice a week, I forget to take the evening pills. In fact I've forgotten them the last 2 days in a row. Total, 7 pills; two Rx and the others over the...

I sure like the Original Cholula Hot Sauce; never tried any of the others. It's warmed up to 39 degrees (from 38) and still raining, but it's been about the lightest rain you can imagine; just lasted so long that my gauge is up to the one inch mark since about 3 p.m. yesterday.

Interesting . . . and maybe told me more than I wanted to know about potatoes.:laughing:

That photo was in December, 2005. I've just never changed that avatar.:laughing: I wasn't very pretty then, and my appearance is even worse now.:laughing: The worst was my left elbow, and even that soreness is almost gone now.

Well said.:D

Either way, you have my sympathy. I had a huge plantar's wart burned out of the middle bottom of my left foot when I was 16 years old. It was hard to keep from coming unglued when that doctor stuck that needle in the bottom of my foot to deaden it. It was just in the last 12 or 15 years...

Ouch!! I can only imagine how bad that hurt. Hope it heals soon.

We've had some clear, sunny weather lately, although a bit cool. And now the NWS says it's 50 degrees going for a high of 51. Yep, more or less steady temperature with a light breeze from the south,, and a gradually increasing chance of rain today with 100% chance tomorrow and tomorrow night...

One thing I learned about EGO power tools that I'm sure doesn't surprise anyone is that when they are worked harder, the sound doesn't change but the battery runs out in less time. I guess the same could be said of me. It didn't take long for me to run out of steam mowing yesterday.:rolleyes:

Ted, you certainly have my sympathy. We lost Dee, our chihuahua, 10 months ago. She was 10 years old and the ideal dog for us. And yep, I cried, still brings tears to my eyes when I think about her.

In spite of all the stuff hooked up there, I see you're smiling, so it must have been good news.:D

NWS says it's 63 degrees at 6 a.m. going for a high of 73! Denton County is having the Christmas tree lighting, vendors set up on the courthouse lawn, etc. at 6 p.m. this evening. The Denton newspaper says a 30% chance of rain this evening, while the NWS says a 40% chance. I guess it'll be...

Yep, that Bucee's is about 5 miles north of me. But 4 days ago, I filled one car with gas at Sam's Club, about 10 miles north of me for $1.919, and 3 days ago I filled the other car at a QuikTrip about 2 miles south of me for $1.919. And the Walmart about 2 miles south of me in Hickory Creek...

:laughing:This reminds me of something that happened many years ago when I was a young officer. I got a call one night, well after dark, to an apartment, where I found an attractive well dressed lady, several years older than I was, who said she had left an expensive ring on the kitchen counter...

That's a good looking car, Randy. But the only Thunderbird I'd want would be the 1957 model. I've always thought that was the best looking thunderbird ever made. And the last Thunderbirds made (2002-2005) were the ugliest ever made.

58 degrees early this morning, with a high of 57 forecast.:laughing: We've had nice, warm weather lately, but it's supposed to continue down to 30 degrees tonight. Denton's weekly "Community Market" and the 3 days a week "Farmers Market" had their last session for the year yesterday.

Sweet potatoes different in different parts of the country, I think, or maybe it's just different people. That's what my Oklahoman mother always made. My wife's West Virginia family had sweet potatoes quite often, year round, simply peeled them, then cut them in half and baked them with a...

My thoughts exactly, Eric.:thumbsup:

If you ain't careful, you might get as forgetful as me. I made the devilled eggs for yesterday; something my son-in-law and I have always liked, then forgot to take them out of the refrigerator when we sat down to eat. I remembered then AFTER we were through eating.:o

Weird Texas weather, ain't it, Don. My low this morning was also 55 and forecast to go to 72. Well, it made 72 before noon so I should get to 76 as your forecast says. We had pretty heavy clouds early this morning, but they cleared out. So I mowed, edged, and trimmed the yard this morning...

OK, Don and/or Ron, help this old computer dummy. My router has ample places to plug in an ethernet cable. Nothing on my HP Laptop is labelled as "ethernet" in the paperwork but is the "RJ-45 (network) jack" the same thing; i.e., is that where I'd plug the cable? And if you hook up to the...

So now you're telling me I need to spend even more money!:laughing: After much searching and reading on the Internet, trying to determine which Instant Pot I should give them, I bough the Instant Pot Duo Plus 6 qt 9-in-1 model for each of them, although some of the things I read made it appear...

Thanks, Ron. I'll have to admit to being a bit slow; didn't think about that, and I never have either of my computers hooked directly to the router.

It can sure be frustrating when you know what you want, and find it's sold out before you got there. We had that happen with the pecan pies last year, so I bought a day earlier this year. And I went to Sam's Club early yesterday morning to pick up the new Turbo Tax 2018 that I had ordered...

33 degrees early this morning (will probably go down another one or two degrees) but going for a sunny 62 today. LS, good luck with the surgery. We're only going to have one daughter and her husband here for Thanksgiving today, so it'll be the fewest we've had in many years.

I've only got one, but I do have that by the front sidewalk.

I thought I still had some of those, but if I do, I can't find them. 28 degrees here this morning and forecast to go to 60, clear and sunny. I think we're only going to have one daughter and son-in-law here for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so we'll have a lot more to eat than we know what to do...

I have the t-shirt, still like new since I don't wear it. I don't often wear a cap or hat of any kind unless it's cold outside and then I wear the TBN cap. The TBN coat was a fine coat, but it was just so seldom that we have cold enough weather to wear it, that I finally gave it to my grandson...

Gettin' more like Texas?:laughing: Yesterday, our temperature ranged from 48 to 70, clear and sunny; very nice Saturday. We didn't stop at any of them, but saw Garage Sales everywhere.:D Yesterday, the weather forecasters said a cold front was coming; 40% chance of rain today. This morning...

David, I don't think I entirely understand that chart. I don't get SS, but my wife (birthday in December) gets a small SS check and it's been posting in our checking account on the 3rd of each month unless the 3rd falls on a weekend or holiday, in which case it's posted on the Friday before the...

Glad you reminded me.:laughing: Of course I will not be participating, but I'll remember to avoid that area today. If I remember right, there were enough bicycles to create some traffic jams and police blocking traffic, etc. last year.

I'm sure everyone has heard the old saying, "If you don't like the weather in Texas, wait a few minutes, it'll change." After a low of 21 degrees 2 days ago, this morning the low is 40 going for a sunny high of 71.:rolleyes: RNG, always glad to hear good news.

Temperature eventually went from 23 to 67 degrees today. And my wife's doctor appointment only took about 2.5 hours; a new record short visit for a chest x-ray, blood test, and prolia injection besides the face to face doctor visit.:cool2:

I, too, prefer the earliest appointment possible. My wife's appointments are usually in the morning. In fact, this appointment was originally scheduled for 9:30 a.m. a week ago today, but the day before, they called to change it for reasons unknown. And I usually carry one of my Patrick...

Depending on which weather report you check, our current temperature is somewhere between 27 and 31 degrees and will be going to 60 or 61 for a high today.:D I have an 8:30 a.m. appointment with my eye doctor, and of course they'll dilate one eye for sure and likely both eyes. Then my wife has...

21 degrees this morning, going for a high of 47. I know that's not all that cold to you folks up north, but it's an exceptionally cold start to the Winter for us. But at least it's supposed to be clear and sunny for a few days and no rain in the forecast until at least next Tuesday.

I would expect that FedEx, as with many, if not most, companies and organizations, has both good and bad employees. And of course that includes the USPS. I can't said that I've ever entirely understood that deal where the USPS does the final delivery, but so far (maybe I should keep my fingers...

And at 11:35 a.m., I got an automated phone call from FedEx that my package was available for pickup at a Walgreen's Pharmacy about 4 miles from home. There's both a Walmart AND a Walgreen's no less than 2 miles from home. Anyway, I went and got the package, but I'll do my best to avoid...

About 10 a.m. a FedEx truck went by, but didn't even slow down so I have no idea whether that was the truck that is "supposed" to have my shipment.:laughing:

Don, that sounds about right for FedEx.:laughing: They very likely don't deliver here on Mondays either, but the website originally showed it would be delivered on the 12th. FedEx also delivers my wife's monthly medications coming from Tennesse with a big bright red label to "refrigerate on...

I was surprised when both Walmart and FedEx website showed it would be delivered Monday, since Monday was a holiday. I don't know whether they delivered anything elsewhere or not. Don, I hate to order anything anymore because of the poor service. The USPS lost the business to UPS and FedEx...

30 degrees this morning, going for a high of 39 with 24 forecast for tonight. Looks like we're going to have a colder than normal winter this year. LS, glad to hear that you rescued your daughter. Things can do downhill in a hurry in that kind of weather. I just got off the phone with FedEx...

Yep, Drew, that is a fine looking pie.

So I'm not the only one to get up at 3 a.m.? Actually I didn't get up this morning until 3:50 a.m. so I'm on my second cup of coffee.

33 degrees even down south here this morning, but supposed to be clear and sunny and going for a high of 51. And wngsprd, even after you get everything settled in regards to Medicare, supplement, Part D, etc., you still get lots of phone calls and mail trying to sell you something during the...

Ron, that sure is pretty . . . as long as it's up there instead of down here.:laughing:

That's a good looking machine, Harvey, but what kind of work are you going to be doing with it?

Yep, I get those, too. And then there are the calls that are not technically a scam, such as calls requesting donations for your local police officers association or sheriff's association. All the checking I've done indicates that the MOST that any of those groups gets is 25% and frequently...

Interesting weather we're having. I see many of you expecting a very slight change from the low to the high temperatures today. I was a bit surprised this morning to see that the NWS shows the current temperature, the low for today, and the expected high for today to ALL be [B]55[B] with a...

Yep, there ought to be a special place in **** for people like that. I learned, many years ago, that it's much safer for the scammers to scam the elderly because, even if they get caught, they aren't likely to go prison. For one thing, the elderly victim is quite likely to not be a good...

Ron, I don't know what model Sleep Number bed you have, but we had one (model number no longer made) that we bought many years ago. It was Great! But we failed to use a cover, as we should have, and eventually had some perspiration stains that we never found a way to remove. So two and a half...

Yesterday, we were in Roanoke and noticed both QuikTrip and Walmart had gas for $2.269 and since we needed gas, I filled the 2017 Escape at that Walmart. Today I needed gas in the 2012 Escape and Sam's Club, one of Denton's QuikTrip, AND the new Denton Buc-ee's had regular at $2.269, so I...

I've got a couple of the old fashioned steel rings and hadn't been used in quite awhile until I used one this morning to make a sausage, egg, and biscuit sandwich for myself.

I'm sure I've posted before that our youngest daughter says she likes that service EXCEPT for the produce; thinks they get rid of what no one else wants in that department. From the number of employees I see filling baskets, it appears to be a very, very popular service at both Walmart and...

:laughing:Yep, that sounds familiar. We drove up around Lake Murray State Park yesterday with our granddaughter. It was the first time I've seen water going over the spillway since I was about her age (14).

I run them through my paper shredder all the time with no problem. BUT I either cut off a label with it stuck to other paper, or I fold such labels so there's no sticky stuff for the blades to hit. I do the same with labels on prescription bottles, peel the label off, fold it so no sticky is...

I don't know about everywhere in Texas, but a mobile home we bought new some years ago had that drain. But it also had a thick layer of insulation around the tank, that insulation extended down into the drain pan, so when the water heater started leaking, we didn't know it until the floor...

46 degrees with a little breeze this morning, but going for a sunny 72 degrees later. I've got a 7 a.m. appointment with one of my eye doctors. I just can't get accustomed to the modern times. This ONE doctor has more than 50 employees (54 I think) who operate all the machinery, etc. to do...

51 degrees this morning, and the NWS expects it to just stay right there today. I just dumped about .98" of rain out of the gauge from yesterday, so we didn't have any trick or treaters this year.

That's a new one to me. I'd like to try it if you post the recipe.

NWS is forecasting a high today of 61, but says it's now 62 at 6:30 a.m.:laughing: They are also still saying we have a 90% chance of rain this evening, so we don't expect to have the usual trick or treaters this year, so we'll just leave the porch lights off.

Of course I'm so old that I agree with you. But I also remember the "old" folks saying about the same thing when I was a teenager.:laughing:

I have no idea what size their underground fuel tanks are, but I noticed them before they were buried and don't think I've ever seen a bigger one.

I've only seen the 3 on I-35, so I didn't know they had any small ones. We just never have the bright colored leaves that we've seen in the northeast part of the country. But we do have some dying leaves on our crepe myrtle and a couple of other trees in the area.

The new Denton Buc-ee's about 5 miles north of us opened yesterday. So we went in and looked around a bit this morning. This is the first one I've seen with a huge carwash facility. Everything they do is BIG! The most gas pumps of any place (122 fuel pumps), the biggest, cleanest restrooms...

We're sure having some weird weather. The low for today is 67, going for a high of 79. And after 2 sunny days that dried things some, but not enough for me to mow, we now have a forecast for cloudy today and rain tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night. Businesses on the Denton, TX, square...

Apparently you get off Daylight Savings Time a week earlier than we do. Our clocks go back an hour next Sunday. 53 degrees here this morning, going for a sunny 84 degrees today.

I understand the feeling, Ron. I'd say I got lucky today; took the wife's sister to the airport and I don't believe I have ever been to the DFW Airport and seen LESS traffic and crowds. Nice, easy quick chore. And if the sun continues, as it has today, I may be able to mow my yard in another...

I don't think my wife OR daughter would have gone for that. Daughter lives fairly close the airport, but it's a 45 minute drive out here. So daughter could make the one round trip (just as I can) but she'd have to make a second one to bring my wife home.:D

The NWS says it's 53 degrees going for a high of 82, dry and sunny! That'll be a big change for us. Maybe some of the puddles will dry up. And when they do, many (including me) will need to do some mowing. But this morning, we've got to take my wife's sister to the DFW Airport for her to go...

I just finished reading about the new flu drug, Xofluza, before checking TBN. 48 degrees this morning going for a high of 71, and it's supposed to be sunny for a few days, just for a change.

53 degrees this morning, going for a high of 62. I went out and dumped about 2.15" of rain out of the gauge from yesterday's rain. We still have a mist in the air. The NWS shows .01" since midnight. That brings me to 12.4" for the month, and 49.49" for the year. "Normal" annual rain for us...

54 degrees this morning, going for a high of 58 (not much range). Yesterday, the forecast was a 90% chance of rain today and 80% tonight, but now the NWS says 100% today AND tonight, after 7 a.m. this morning. I was hoping the yard would be dry enough to do a little lawn work in another day or...

That's about all I know for sure. We have a different garbage collection company now than when we first started this recycling business. What I quoted is from the current company. I do know the first company said a pizza box with a little left over pizza in it could ruin a whole truckload of...

So far, we have no "rules" that can be enforced concerning recycling. It's all voluntary, but I do the best I can to recycle as much as possible. Only clean, dry waste. But I've thrown Styrofoam in the recycling bin, and I just, a couple of days ago, reviewed the rules for a new neighbor, and...

We went by to vote and decided to wait until later because of the crowd. The local newspaper says Denton County had a new record of 17,278 early voters yesterday. And I went to do a little grocery shopping this morning, and see the parking lot is still full at our city hall, so the crowds are...

Yep, nice sunny day yesterday, 54 to 69 degrees and sunny with a "slight" chance of showers today, but 90% chance of rain again tomorrow. I'm still confident that it'll stay dry long enough sometime in the future to mow the lawns again.:laughing: Of course, the cool weather has sure slowed...

NWS says it's 46 degrees going for 66 and supposed to be another beautiful, sunny day today and tomorrow, then more rain. Today is the first day of early voting. Got to take the wife to a doctor visit this morning, then we'll stop and vote on the way home. And Buckeyefarmer, I'll add my...

47 degrees this morning, going for a high of 67, perfect temperatures as far as I'm concerned, and it's so bright out there, I'd almost forgotten what the sun looks like.

Two and a half inches of rain yesterday brought my total for the first 19 days of the month to 10.25 inches. And the NWS says we will have some sunshine and temperatures up to 70 degrees today. I'm glad of that, since I have to take my wife and her sister about 75 miles to meet some other...

My rain gauge just passed the 2" mark and it's still raining. The NWS thinks it ought to quit by 10 p.m. tonight.

I certainly don't blame you for that. And if you look around my neighborhood, you'd find 10% or fewer people parking vehicles inside the garage. Most folks use their garage as a workshop/storage place. In my case, I have a 10' x 12' garden tool storage building in the corner of the back yard...

I don't have anything as fancy as Ron has, but our 2017 Ford Escape Titanium has the button on the driver's sun visor to open the garage door, and when we got the car I was surprised at how easy it was to set it up with our Liftmaster door opener. Our 2012 Escape still has the old fashioned...

Glad to hear you're doing better, Ron. But sorry to hear you wasted your money on that lotto ticket, since I already have the winning ticket.

A little good luck today. Daughter called and insisted on going to the airport to pick up wife's sister so I don't have to go.:laughing::laughing:

51 degrees this morning, going for a high of 55 with an 80% chance of rain; mainly after 10 a.m. according to the NWS. Have to go to the DFW Airport this afternoon to pick up my wife's sister coming for about a 10 visit from West Virginia. That airport is not one of my favorite places to...

I've been looking at statistics this morning, and wondering whether I should be hunting gopher wood, or just start raising crawfish. Our official average annual rainfall is 38.08". So far this year, we have officially gotten 44.10" while by my own gauge, I've gotten 43.88". That doesn't count...

Sure sorry to hear that, Ron. That sounds worse than my wife's COPD and her having to be on oxygen nearly all the time. Still raining here; just a light sprinkle at this time. 44 degrees going for a high of 46; record low temperatures for us for this time of year. Lots of flooding all over...

40 degrees here, my rain gauge is now at the 2" mark and it's still raining.

Now that it's daylight, I can see my rain gauge and it already has more than 1.2" in it and it's still raining. We keep our thermostat in the house set the same 24/7 year round. Of course it's been on "cool" for several months, but this morning, the temperature dropped to 2 degrees below the...

43 degrees and raining at 3:30 a.m., went on down to 40 by 6 a.m., going for a high of 46 degrees. Rain in the forecast to be around today and tomorrow (100% chance) and a lessor chance every day this week.

NWS shows that one half to three quarters of an inch of rain is possible today. My gauge just passed the 2" mark and it's still raining.:laughing: And since the ground was already saturated, my yard looks like a swamp.

Glad you're able to enjoy your coffee again, Ron. And congratulations to you and Betty. That's about 3 years longer than Margaret and I have been married, and just off hand I can't think of anyone else that we know that's been married that long.

Eric, I assume EGO equipment is sold in your part of the world? I know their website says they are a "global organization". 54 degrees this morning going for a high of 63 with 100% chance of more rain. I got about a quarter inch yesterday and we have rain in the forecast every day for the...

Don, I do not have a Captioned Telephone. I figure they're great when needed, but I use a phone as little as possible anyway, and so far can use both the house phone and cell phone with the hearing aids I have. At least 90%, or more, of the time when my phones ring, it's just another scammer...

I feel for you, Ron. I'm on my 4th cup and know what it's like to have to skip the coffee entirely. 57 degrees this morning going for a high of 67 (which is great) but with a 90% chance of rain (which ain't so great since we've had so much rain lately).

51 degrees this morning; unbelievable and going for a high of 69. It's supposed to be sunny today; that'll be 2 days in a row, before more rain the next few days. But we're thankful that we don't have to contend with the problems the folks in the path of the hurricane have had.

Much like Kyle and Don, we got just about an even 2" of rain yesterday; sure glad I mowed the yard the day before. And now, with the cool front that passed through, the NWS says it's 59 degrees going for a high of 71; too cool to suit my wife, but perfect for me.:laughing:

I haven't seen any of those big mosquitos, but we've had a wet Fall (or I guess I'm supposed to say "Autumn" now), so we've had mosquitos. And I did almost nothing today, but sit and watch it rain; not a hard rain most of the time, but persistent a good part of the day. I think it's finally...

Only once in my lifetime have I thought that I had a GFCI breaker go bad. I learned that a bathroom outlet was on the same GFCI breaker as an outdoor outlet on the patio. And when I removed the cover from the outdoor outlet, I found cobwebs in there. I blew them out with my air compressor...

So some of you like oak trees. Well, there are many varieties of oak, and some are quite good. HOWEVER, we have a live oak in the front yard; provides shade from the sun in the morning. BUT, I've sure been tempted to have it removed. It produces huge quantities of tiny acorns. I've been...

Glad to see you back, Harv. I've wondered how you and Glenda were doing. Kyle, I'm sure I've posted it before, but when I was a youngster (pre-school age days), one night something stung me. Thinking it was a wasp in the house, I pulled the sheet up over my head. Then one hand that was not...

Yep, that's very nice; looks great, Ron.

Just starting my 3rd cup of coffee. I just finished making a big batch of Crawfish Etoufee; enough for me for at least 2 days; maybe 3. My wife doesn't eat it, and as far as I'm concerned there just isn't anything tastier. My local Ford dealer sent me an email a couple of days ago that my new...

My wife and I have Sprint cell phones and we both got it at 1:18 p.m. The TV, Spectrum cable, was on at the time (the Western channel, I think) and the message came on the TV a couple of minutes after the phone message. I promptly cleared it from my phone and my wife later told me she couldn't...

Congratulations to both of you, David, and hope you have many more happy years!

Yes, but not in the last 64 years.:laughing: I was with my Dad squirrel hunting one day when we found a bee tree on a neighbor's land. Dad went and told the owner, who said he didn't want them, but we were welcome to them if we wanted them. I had to help Dad cut that tree down, split it, find...

With my very limited knowledge of the Quaker religion, I, too, appreciate that post.

Not me.

I got the same message, but I have nothing in my spam folder and no problem receiving messages from TBN. So I'm afraid I don't know any more than you do.

Good doggie!

:laughing:Now I've been retired for many years, so I cannot say how things are today. However, contrary to what many, if not most, people think, most officers hated writing tickets. Yep, you stop drivers because they did something wrong, but haven't we all made mistakes? And you meet a lot of...

Dallas used to have The Dallas Morning News in the morning, and The Dallas Times Herald in the afternoon.

I don't remember that being done in residential areas, but when I was a clerk in the Dallas Post Office (1958-1964) twice a day delivery was done in the downtown business area. I heard it raining when I got up before 5 a.m. and I just now went out and dumped about .95" of rain out of my gauge...

No, Eric, I haven't driven one with adaptive cruise control, although what I've read and heard about it sounds good.

I have no idea whether any recent "studies" have been done, but many years ago, studies were done on multi-lane roads that found the most FREQUENT accidents occurred in the right lane; traffic getting on and off the freeway, and the most serious accidents occurred in the left (inside) lane...

We're finally down to only 20% chance of rain in the forecast. The last 2 days, I got 8.46" that I measured in my gauge. That doesn't count whatever ran over night before last; probably about 2 inches. And today, it's overcast, had plenty of mist this morning . . . BUT . . a low this morning...

I'd say you're a lucky feller, Thomas. I wouldn't mind having a big bowl of that clam chowder myself.

I still don't really know how much rain we've gotten. The NWS site at the Denton Airport, 10 miles north of here, is out of order since about 5 p.m. yesterday. The TV news showed places around us that got from 7" to more than 8" yesterday evening and last night. They also showed lots of...

Ooops, I must have upset someone by not believing the weather forecast. Yesterday evening, Fox news was forecasting up to about three and a quarter or three and a half inches of rain for our area. So yesterday evening, between 5 and 7 p.m. we got almost exactly 2" of rain (I could see my rain...

I've never seen anything quite like that, Lynn. I've seen that kind of sprinkler system many times, but always in the summer.

68 degrees for a low in the middle of the. night, 76 now and going for a high of 82. And we're under a flash flood watch today. Last night, the forecast was 100% chance of rain today, now down to 90%, but with 100% tomorrow, then 80, 60, 30% the rest of the weekend.:laughing: In other words...

We have the warning sirens here, but I'm not sure if or when they are tested, and while one is within a mile of my house, I likely wouldn't hear it if I was inside. And I guess I'd have to say that I've always been pretty outgoing. I don't think I ever got a report card in grade school without...

Reminds me of my idiotic teen years. There was a vacuum, rather than air pressure, horn that was just about as loud as a train horn, and I put one on my 1956 Mercury convertible.

76 degrees early this morning, going for a high of 94. I started on the yard as soon as it was light enough to see; mowed, edged, and trimmed in spite of the heavy dew. Then I did a little dethatching with the Mantis. I've bought some new gas, but I'm still running the gas/oil mix that's well...

Thanks, Randy, and I would say it did go well. Having my mouth blocked open for an hour and a half was certainly no fun, and of course it took awhile after I left the dentist's office for the anesthetic to wear off, but now it seems that I'm all back to normal (well, as normal as I get).

Hope all went well for you at the dentist. I'll be in my a dentist's chair in about an hour and a half.

73 degrees early this morning, going for a high of 92 with a 20% chance of rain after 4 p.m. I just got home from having the oil & filter changed in the 2012 Ford Escape. And before that, I visited a new dentist. My regular dentist said I need a root canal, but that she doesn't do those on...

I got the same email a few days ago myself. Looks like an interesting tool, but I don't think I need it myself right now.

Yep, definitely the smallest tugboats I've ever seen.:laughing:

77 degrees here at 2:30 p.m. The NWS this morning forecast a 40% chance of rain. Well, about an hour ago a downpour arrived and I can see a bit more than a half inch in my gauge with just sprinkles still falling.

I've only owned one British car; a 1962 Austin Healy Sprite, and I had lots of problems with it. It kept getting run into by other drivers who didn't see it.:laughing: Several times when I got off work, I found it bashed again where it was legally parked. And it got severely damaged twice...

I grew up in the days when a car that didn't have to have a quart of oil added more often than once in a thousand miles was a really great automobile. And of course you were supposed to change oil every thousand miles. New cars sitting on the showroom floor almost always had a drip pan under...

Since I've never seen anything quite like that sheep racing, I enjoyed the video. It just looks to me like a lot of people having a lot of fun, and I'm not too sure the sheep didn't also enjoy it.:D

And those on Medicare had our Medicare Supplement costs go up, too. You can't win.:mad:

Eric, that's a good looking future farmer there. And the old one ain't bad.:laughing:

72 degrees this morning, going for a high of 76! Hard to believe, but I love it! About 8 a.m., our cell phones went off with the loud severe weather warnings; flood possibility. However, it appears to be a very short distance south of us. But at least it did start to rain; very light rain, a...

It's the only state I've never visited, and in spite of hearing great things about it from other family members, I reckon I'll not ever get there.

I just cannot understand the over population of deer since that's such good meat. I grew up in the days and area when and where deer were seldom, if ever, seen.

Walmart, Tractor Supply, and many other places sell big bags of corn that are labelled as "deer corn". And the deer feeders that are sold all over the area are usually loaded with corn.

Good news is always welcome.

I got up this morning, before daylight, to find it was only 74 degrees with a 60% chance of rain forecast, and the yard needed mowing, but not really bad, so I walked outside and back in 3 times trying to decide whether to mow or wait for another day. It didn't look much like rain to me on...

Yep, I have to do that every time it rains, and then occasionally, like this morning, I find a new mound even when it's dry.

Yep, I do that twice a year. Both vehicles are very simple AFTER I look up the instructions in the manual.

I'll tell you how much I listen to the car radio. Yesterday, I was sitting in the car waiting for my wife, and decided to turn the radio on. And then I had a devil of a time remembering how to turn it off.:o

We do get lucky occasionally, don't we?:laughing:

78 degrees going for 96 today; as usual. The NWS is showing a 20 to 50% chance of rain every day for the coming week. I suspect it's more wishful thinking that actual forecasting.